The Global Music Showcase features the Afro-Caribbean Ensemble and the World Music Ensemble in concert. This event is free and open to the public.

PROGRAM 

The Afro-Caribbean Ensemble
Sidra Lawrence, director

Ishmael; jazz, South Africa...........................................Abdullah Ibrahim, 1998

It’s Highlife Time; highlife, Nigeria...............Fela Kuti and his Koola Lobitos, 1965

Down by the Riverside; spiritual, United States.............traditional, first published 1918

Calypso Minor; jazz, South Africa...............................Abdullah Ibrahim, 2011

Right Place Wrong Time; funk, New Orleans......................Dr. John, 1973

Part of a Whole; jazz, South Africa............................Hugh Masekela, 1972

Morning Glory; Mardi Gras Indian funk, New Orleans............Cha Wa, 2021

The Middle Eastern Ensemble
Christopher Witulski, director

Hakam alaya al-Hawa (introduction), Egypt...................Baligh Hamdi

Alger Alger, Algeria.............................................................Line Monty

Le Swing des Petits Taxis, Morocco................................Samy Elmaghrebi

Oseh Shalom, Israel...........................................................traditional

Al-Hilwa Di, Egypt...............................................................Sayyid Darwish

Quddam Maya, Morocco..................................................traditional